The Medieval World

Routledge Worlds

by Janet L. Nelson (Editor)

This groundbreaking collection brings the Middle Ages to life and conveys the distinctiveness of this diverse, constantly changing period. Thirty-eight scholars bring together one medieval world from many disparate worlds, from Connacht to Constantinople and from Tynemouth to Timbuktu. This extraordinary set of reconstructions presents the reader with a vivid re-drawing of the medieval past, offering fresh appraisals of the evidence and modern historical writing. Chapters are thematically linked in four Packed full of original scholarship, The Medieval World is essential reading for anyone studying medieval history.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Medieval

768 pages, Paperback

First published February 21, 2003

About the author

Dame Janet Laughland Nelson, also known as Jinty Nelson, was a British historian and professor of Medieval History at King's College London.